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SUMMARY:Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage: Keynote Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Gilbert will keynote and also present a workshop at the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage Conference on June 7 and 8\, 2024.\nHow to find enslaved family members using genealogical methods\nStories about enslaved people (on an individual basis) with connections to genealogy\nConnecting American Slavery to today\nSources of genealogical information relevant to connecting descendants with their enslaved and freed ancestors\nHistorical information about the Underground Railroad and its effect on enslaved and freed people\nLand records and connections to slavery\nEnslaved and freed people and their connections to the world (Caribbean\, Africa\, South American\, Europe\nArt\, dance religion\, literature\, musical connections to freed people\n\n 
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/sons-and-daughters-of-the-united-states-middle-passage-keynote-speaker/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240505
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SUMMARY:Society of the First African Families of English America Conference
DESCRIPTION:Theme: From Roots to Renaissance: Celebrating the Journey and Influence of the First African Families \nConference venue: Museum of the American Revolution\, 101 South Third Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania 19106 \nOpening night black tie reception: 701 Arch Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania 19106
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/society-of-the-first-african-families-of-english-america-conference/
LOCATION:Museum of the American Revolution\, 101 South Third Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:UGR3DAY: Underground Railroad Trip Back In Time on the Overground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie to experience Dionne ‘Dee’ Patterson’s UGRR storytelling as a cultural interpreter on a trip back in time to explore the lives and world-changing efforts of historic figures local to the Lancaster\, Pennsylvania area. The exhibit and lecture aboard a privately chartered 1911 luxury salon rail car to travel across the majestic Lancaster-area countryside whilst sampling sweet treats and listening to Dee’s remarkable stories of resistance and resilience. \nMore about Dee’s work can be found here: UGR3DAY Underground Railroad Experiences Inc.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/ugr3day-underground-railroad-trip-back-in-time-on-the-overground-railroad/
LOCATION:Strasburg Railroad
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
CREATED:20240301T115741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T002751Z
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SUMMARY:Descendants of the Enslaved at Montpelier House - Snowden Family Legacies (Presentation)
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie presenting on March 13\, 2024 to Descendants (African American – enslaved) of the Montpelier Mansion in PG County Maryland. \nMontpelier House Museum – Park and Recreation – Prince Georges County MD (pgparks.com) \n 
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/descendants-of-the-enslaved-at-montpelier-house-snowden-family-legacies-presentation/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240229
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240303
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
CREATED:20231021T202014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240324T235906Z
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SUMMARY:Roots Tech 2024 Conference
DESCRIPTION:Theme for 2024 RootsTech: ‘Your Story is Worth Remembering’
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/roots-tech-2024-conference/
LOCATION:Salt Palace Convention Center\, 100 South West Temple Street\, Salt Lake City\, UT
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240212
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SUMMARY:Howard County Maryland Historical Society's Annual Meeting : Keynote
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie to keynote the Howard County Maryland Historical Society’s annual meeting on February 11\, 2024. Presentation will include relevant segments of the Sojourns in Truth lecture series.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/howard-county-maryland-historical-societys-annual-meeting-keynote/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240131
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
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SUMMARY:Testifying at Maryland State Senate in Support of Senate Bill 105 (Emancipation of the Remains of the Enslaved)
DESCRIPTION:On January 30\, 2024 Stephanie Gilbert testified before the Maryland State Senate at the invite of Senator Arthur Ellis in support of his proposed bill (Senate Bill 105 – Emancipation of the Remains of the Enslaved) which was inspired by her story which ran in the Washington Post on August 5\, 2023. \nSenator Ellis’ proposal offers opportunities for the descendants of the enslaved to have access to the burial spaces of their ancestors who died and were buried prior to emancipation. \nMore here:  2024 Regular Session – Senate Bill 105 First Reader (maryland.gov)
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/testifying-at-maryland-state-senate-in-support-of-senate-bill-105-emancipation-of-the-remains-of-the-enslaved/
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SUMMARY:Jack and Jill of America\, Inc. - Delaware Valley Cluster - Founder's Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Gilbert is speaking to members of Jack and Jill of America’s Delaware Valley Cluster on their Founder’s Day. Topics include the legacy of African American women in Philadelphia; most notably the women who founded Jack and Jill of America.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/jack-and-jill-of-america-delaware-valley-cluster-founders-day-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
CREATED:20231024T103416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T004032Z
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SUMMARY:Jack and Jill of America\, Philadelphia Founding Chapter - Founder's Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/jack-and-jill-of-america-philadelphia-founding-chapter-founders-day/
LOCATION:Kimmel Center\, 300 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240107T220000
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SUMMARY:Jack and Jill of America - Teen Genealogical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Gilbert facilitates a workshop for teens of Jack and Jill of America on January 7\, 2024 in support of their 2024 legacy project to research and document their own family histories. Discussion topics include getting started\, research tools\, family interviews\, using DNA (genetic genealogy)\, and putting it all together.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/jack-and-jill-of-america-teen-genealogical-workshop/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231106
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
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SUMMARY:The 15th International Conference on Genetic Genealogy
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie will present two ‘live’ sessions in Houston:\n\nSaturday\, November 4\, 9am – 10am: ‘Sojourns in Truth’\nSunday\, November 5\, 10am -11am: ‘Finding Suzanne’
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/s-gilbert-to-present-2-sessions-at-ftnda-conference-1-repairing-the-fractures-of-slavery-and-the-commoditization-of-humans-2-finding-suzanne-solving-adoption-and-other-unknown-parentage/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Houston Airport\, 425 N. Sam Houston Parkway East\, Houston\, TX\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
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SUMMARY:Underground Railroad Interview - Lancaster\, PA and Christiana\, PA
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie will be on location at the site of the Christiana Resistance to commemorate the anniversary of the event and will film a Legacy of the Underground Railroad Interview with US National Park Service \nInterview found here: An Oral History With Ms. Stephanie Gilbert descendant of Oliver Cromwell Kelly Gilbert. 9-8-2023. (youtube.com)
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/stephanie-will-film-legacy-of-the-underground-railroad-interview-in-celebration-of-christiana-rebellion-us-national-park-service/
LOCATION:Site of the Christiana Resistance\, Christiana\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T170000
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CREATED:20230805T114637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T010446Z
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SUMMARY:WALK WITH ME - 175th Anniversary of Oliver Gilbert's Dash for Liberty - We're Retracing His Steps
DESCRIPTION:Planned tracing of the footsteps of Oliver C. Gilbert and his ‘dash for liberty’ using the locations described in his autobiography.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/walkwithme/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230722
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SUMMARY:Silver Jubilee Celebration of the UGRR Network to Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Since its birth by Congressional mandate on July 21\, 1998\, the National Underground Network to Freedom has grown from a scattershot smattering of recognized sites of UGRR activity into a truly international network of 744 sites\, programs\, and research facilities. \nCollectively\, this vast network and the researchers behind it have profoundly expanded and transformed our collective understanding of the multi-generational\, multi-racial\, multi-national efforts to resist the institution of slavery through flight and escape. \nTo kick off this silver year\, the National Park Service and Network to Freedom staff will host a celebratory event\, featuring seminars\, guests and a film festival on Friday\, July 21\, at one of the crown jewels within the Network to Freedom\, the recently opened\, 10\,000-square-foot Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center on the grounds of Harriet Tubman State Park near Cambridge\, MD. \nStephanie Gilbert licensed her research to be used to certify Network to Freedom sites: \n\nMoses Cartland’s Home in Lee\, New Hampshire\nThaddeus Stevens’ Office in Lancaster\, Pennsylvania\n\nGilbert research was also used to recently secure Network to Freedom grant funding for Howard County (Maryland) Historical Society to erect a monument. \nStephanie Gilbert is scheduled to attend the 25th Anniversary celebration of the US National Parks’ Service Network to Freedom and will follow with a demisemiseptcentennial recreation of the escape of Oliver Cromwell Kelly (Gilbert) on August 20\, 2023\, tracing his Underground Railroad journey from Maryland to Pennsylvania\, following in his footsteps as outlined in his autobiography and using the directions provided to him by ‘Mr. Fisher’\, the UGRR operative in the Ellicott City (Ellicott Mills at the time) area.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/ugrr-network-to-freedom-silver-jubilee/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230616
DTSTAMP:20260424T124132
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SUMMARY:Belmont Mansion Juneteenth Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Gilbert will share the history of how she came to possess the unpublished memoir of her 2nd great grandfather\, who’d escaped slavery at the age of 16 and settled in Philadelphia. The narrative includes step by step detail of Oliver Gilbert’s experience on the Underground Railroad\, inclusive of his flight to Pennsylvania and Philadelphia’s abolitionist community. The Philadelphia story is prominent in the Memoir of Oliver Cromwell Gilbert\, who became a politician\, social activist\, lecturer and musician. This hidden figure is now coming to light and will make his first Philadelphia 21st century debut at the Belmont Mansion in celebration of Juneteenth.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/belmont-mansion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T100000
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SUMMARY:Birthday Memorial Tribute at the Grave of Alexander Manly
DESCRIPTION:Alexander (or Alex) Lightfoot Manly ( May 13\, 1866– October 5\, 1944) was an newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmongton\, North Caolina. \nWith his brother\, Frank G. Manly\, as co-owner\, he published the Daily Record\, the state’s only daily African-American newspaper and possibly the nation’s only black-owned daily newspaper. At the time\, the port of Wilmington had 10\,000 residents and was the state’s largest city; its population was majority black\, with a rising middle class. \nIn August 1898 Manly published a controversial editorial objecting to stereotypes of black men as rapists of white women. He had earlier responded to a Rebecca Latimer Felton in Georgia who wrote about African-American males having relationships with white women. At the time\, white Democrats were inflaming racial tensions and promoting white supremacy in a bid to regain power in the state legislature. \nWhen biracial fusionist candidates were elected to Wilmington’s mayor and council\, a secret committee of Democrats conducted the only successful coup d’état in United States history\, now known as the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898\, and overturned the city government. They also ran the Manly brothers out of town\, threatening their lives; a large mob destroyed the printing press and burned down the newspaper offices; out of control\, it also attacked black neighborhoods\, killing an estimated 30-100 people and destroying much of what freedmen had built in the city. \nThe Manly brothers were among the 2\,100 blacks who permanently moved out of Wilmington after the riot\, resulting in its becoming a majority-white city. The brothers moved briefly to Washington\, D.C \nAlex married Caroline Sadgwar at his house. He and his wife then moved to Philadelphia\, where they then raised a family. Alex Manly remained politically active\, co-founding The Armstrong Association\, a precursor to the National Urban League\, and was a member of the African-American newspaper council. \nThe Manlys had two sons born in Philadelphia: Milo and Lewin. The former became an activist and fought for black property rights in Wilmington; he later became executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. \nAlex Manly’s son\, Milo\, married Mary Gilbert\, who was one of the original founders of Jack and Jill of America’s Inc. As such\, Milo was one of the first Jack and Jill dads with their dughter\, Patsy (Patricia) as one of the very first Jills of the organization.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/birthday-memorial-tribute-at-the-grave-of-alexander-manly/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221031
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour of Eden Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Historic Eden cemetery\, American’s first privately held African American burial ground\, is located just outside of Philadelphia and is home to the remains of more than 90\,000 ancestors. \nIn July 2008\, vandals toppled over 200 headstones in the cemetery\, including that of Octavius Valentine Catto\, one of the most famous burials at Eden Cemetery.[10] \nHistory of Eden: Jerome Bacon\, an instructor at the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheynew University) led efforts to create a cemetery for African-Americans who had been buried in cemeteries in Philadelphia that were being condemned by the city in the early 20th century. The cemeteries included Lebanon Cemetery (condemned in 1899 – closed in 1903)\, the Olive Graveyard (closed in 1923)\, the Stephen Smith Home for the Aged and Infirm Colored Person’s Burial Ground and the First African Baptist Church Burial Grounds. \nThe bodies buried in these cemeteries were disinterred and re-interred at Eden Cemetery. The oldest reburial in the cemetery is from 1721. \nAfter litigation from Collingdale\, Pennsylvania opposing the creation of an African-American cemetery in the township\, a charter for the creation of Eden Cemetery was granted on June 20\, 1902. Fifty-three acres of land previously part of Bartram Farms were selected for the creation of the cemetery. \nIn 2010\, Eden Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
URL:https://ocgilbert.com/event/walking-tour-of-eden-cemetery/
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